Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act has not moved since its introduction on Jun 12, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. It also applies a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services for five years.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 130 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 2,631 words
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 9877 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]